Australian new light vehicle sales rose 2.5% year on year to 94,978 units in September 2014.
Releasing the last month’s VFACTS data, FCAI chief executive Tony Weber said SUV sales continued to grow significantly with 14.6% more sold than in September 2013. Light commercial vehicle sales rose 2.9%, while passenger car sales fell 4.1%.
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“SUV sales have been strong in 2014, with year-to-date sales in the segment up 4.8% compared to the same year-to-date period in 2013. In particular, the popularity of the small SUV segment continues to rise with sales for the month up 31.1% compared to September 2013, and year-to-date sales up 17.4% compared to the January to September 2013 period,” Weber said.
“New car sales to the business community continue to fall in 2014, with business purchases in September down 3.8% compared to September 2013. Private purchases increased 6.7% and government purchases increased 5.8%.”.
Despite year-to-date sales across the nation being down 2%, the Australian new motor vehicle industry is tracking to sell over 1.1m vehicles for the third consecutive year. Year-to-date, the tally is 832,953.
The Mazda 3 was the top selling vehicle in September 2014 (4,014) followed by the Toyota Corolla (3,893) and Hilux (3,430), GM’s Holden Commodore (2,616) and the Hyundai i30 (2,539).
Toyota maintained the overall lead in market share for September 2014 (18.8%), followed by Mazda (10%), Hyundai (9.3%), Holden (9%) and Ford (6.6%).
